Improved lemon squeezes



stent litre gniirh tstes AUGUST J. T. REUTERS, 0F BOSTN, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 63,304, dated Merch 26, 1867; antednted Vw/'eh 1S, 1867.

. .IMPBOVED LEMON SQUEEZER.

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lTO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

` Be it known that I, AUGUST J. T; REUTER, of Boston, in 'the' county of Suffolk, in the State of' Massachusetts,'l1ave invented a new and useful nstrument for Expressing and Removing the Juice und Pulp from Lemons and Oranges; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a grooved bulb or knob, so formed as to adjust itself` to the inside .of a halt' lemon or orange, which knob is attached to a. lever or handle of sutlicient size and length to enable the operator to conveniently hold it while applying it to the fruit.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use niyinventioml will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct a knob or bulb, A, so as to make the bulb a presser, and the grooves a scraper, to theinsille of a, lemon or orange, thus constituting itboth n pulper and presser. This bulb is either made in connection with :t lever or handle, B, or securelyvattached to it if mede seperately.

I take a lemon or orange and cut it in two, and take' one-half in the palm or my left hancl and apply the grooved bulb of the presser with my right hand to the inside of the fruit, and pressing it, with a few twists back and forth of the presseigvliberate both juice and pulp; thus avoiding the bruising ofI the seeds or rind so as not to extract the bitter principle, leaving the juice pure, the rind unmutileted for preserving purposes. and entirely cleaned both of pulp and juice; the instrument being easily worked, durable, and cheap.

What claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is A grooved bulb or knob, constructed substantially as above set forth for the purposes herein specitied.

AUGUST J. T. REUTER.

Witnesses:

J. LITCH, I-I. P. CUTTER. 

